Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-15

The charge against Baltimore which sticks Is
that OF corrupt and fraudulent elections IN
douotedly, also. persons with criminal records
have been appointed and retained 10 subordinate
positions and a connection may often be traced
between their enjoyment OF ONCE and their services
In fraudulent elections Broad charges OF mis-
government OF the city, and OF corruption In Of
nee nvaling that Of the Tweed ring. may fall
TO the ground as unveri1ed. and may furnish
citizens OF Baltimore with . reasonable grouUn
q protest. Certainly many respectable citi-
Eens have been elected TO the municipal ofnces
In that city, there are no striking evidences
OF robbery OF the citys purse and the indications
are that Baltinore's affairs have been as wen
managed as those Of other large American cities
But whatever the conduct OF her municipal Officers
when once elected may have been, IL seems 10 De
established that many OF them have been placed
In their positions BY fraud at the ballot box.
Fraudulent registration the voting OF dead persons.
Illegal manipulation OF ballots after they were ana
cast are and have been freely admitted The de-
mand OF the Independents Is that their votes and
all votes shall De fairly counted To reply 70 those
who complain OF practical acknowledgements and
contend for honest elections that the men chosen TO
once oy frauds which cheated this protesting class
OF the ru weight ~ It's vote have been fairly good
public servants and have not stolen Baltimores
money, or 70 answer that, unpleasant as IL may
be TO have ones ballot neutralized by Illegal and
fraudulent votes, or burnt, or withheld from the
count, &c will not do 70 speak OF such things for
fear the city's trade may be hurt seems to out
slider a very feeble and Ineffective method OF meet
ing serious issue IL Is not merely the wishers OF
evil 70 Baltimore who sympathize with the In
dependents In this tight, as Is sometimes asserted.
II the trade OF the city depends at all upon Its
political Cleanliness its reputation In that regard
surely the publication OF election methods,
known and adIaitted to be dirty, should add TO its
friends and customers.
Chauncey NJ Depew takes IL all back or rather,
he declares that he never said It. His denial which
t Is only rational 70 accept refers the interview
which appeared In a New York paper yesterday
morning ascribing TO him the most wild and fan
tastic prophecies OF coming disaster. It is
marvel that men who know him well as those
IN Wall street do should be deceived by this re-
port. The interview does not sound like Mr.. De-
pew, In the first place. IL is more In his orator.
zeal vein than speech which Homer puts into the
mouth OF Ulysses Is In the style OF ST. Paul For
another thing. IL Is well known everywhere that
Mr.. Depew holds no such opinions were put into
his mouth. He merely realizes like the rest OF the
world. that such a sudden and unjustined up
heava OF values as has occurred In of the west
ern towns cannot last for long, BY this not meant
that things Will settle back to the point where
they were before the movement began, but that
persons who were rash enough TO invest large sums
In property worth intrnsically little will not get
all their money back at once, and that many who
bought on q margin will have TO be sold out when
the date for another payment comes around. But
this does not mean a panic or anything approach
ing IL The worst that Is likely TO happen is that
q number OF people who were In too great a hurry
70 get rich will change their program IN the light
OF dscomfiting experience. The overbuiIding OF
railways, also, OF which Mr.. Depew complained
did not refer 70 the extension and improvement OF
lines already strong. The anxiety on this head
felt by the president OF the New York Central
company Is founded entirely upon the prospective
failure OF certain parallel lines newly built to
compete with the system owned and controlled by
his corporation. This Is too near the old aphorism
OF my dOxy orthodoxy, every other doxy hetero-
doxy," 70 be made the basis OF alarm; for it will
be observed that Mr.. Depew does not lose sight
for q moment Of his opportunity to tell
how admirable Ia the condition OF all the
Vanderbilt roads and their tributaries. On the
whole, the eloquent railway president may con-
graduate himself on having made a marked
impression on the financial world by his misin-
terpreted utterances, and done some clever adver-
Using OF his favorite stocks without its costing
him penny. II Is 10 be hoped, for the sake OF the
demoralized market IN Wall street, that he has
had his MI OF this kind Of celebrity and will not
feel called upon TO seek any more Of It for some
time 70 come.